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|name=East Saltoun<br />
|county=East Lothian<br />
|picture=Saltoun village shop (geograph 3791860).jpg<br />
|picture caption=Saltoun village shop<br />
|os grid ref= NT47626765<br />
|latitude=55.899101<br />
|longitude=-2.8391600<br />
|population=<br />
|post town=Tranent<br />
|postcode=EH34<br />
|dialling code=01875<br />
|LG district=East Lothian<br />
|constituency=East Lothian<br />
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'''East Saltoun''' is a village in [[East Lothian]], about 5 miles southwest of [[Haddington]] and 20 miles east of [[Edinburgh]]. [[West Saltoun]], a smaller place, stands about a mile to the west. (Together they form a join parish known simply as ‘Saltoun’.)<br />
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==Geography==<br />
The villages of East Saltoun and West Saltoun, together with a large number of farms and hamlets, form the rural and mainly agriculture parish of Saltoun. The two villages lie in the foothills of the [[Lammermuir|Lammermuir Hills]], and are separated from each other by about one mile. To the south the villages are largely bordered by woodland: Petersmuir Wood, Dryden, and [[Saltoun Big Wood]].<br />
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==History==<br />
In the 12th century King David I granted lands in Saltoun to Hugh de Moreville. In 1643 the lands and barony were sold to Andrew Fletcher, and it was the Fletcher family who attempted to make Saltoun a centre of manufacturing in the early 18th century.<ref> Wyllie, Margaret, ''A History of Saltoun and the Fletcher Family'', Saltoun, 1986: 9</ref> Most industry was sited in West Saltoun (formerly Milton), on the [[Birns Water]]. The first barley mill in Scotland was established there in 1712, and the British Linen Company had bleachfields in West Saltoun in 1746.<ref> Gifford, John, ''East Lothian Villages'', East Lothian, 1975</ref><br />
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In the early 19th century the Fletcher family invested further in the parish by helping to pay for a new church, manse and school in East Saltoun, and commissioning additions to [[Saltoun Hall]] (near West Saltoun).<ref>Gifford, John, 1975</ref><br />
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By the mid 19th century most of the parish's industries were failing, and the land was given over to agriculture.<br />
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==The village==<br />
[[File:Saltoun Parish Church.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Saltoun Parish Church]]<br />
East Saltoun is the larger of the two Saltoun villages and the parish church stands here, for which reason it was formerly known as ‘Kirkton’.<br />
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The church was dedicated to St Michael. It was first consecrated in 1244, and several church buildings have been used since then. Gilbert Burnet, theologian and [[Diocese of Salisbury|Bishop of Salisbury]], started his ministry in Saltoun in 1665. The present building dates back to 1805, and is built in the shape of a cross with a Gothic-style tower and steeple.<ref> McWilliam, Colin, ''Lothian Except Edinburgh'', London, 1978: 200</ref><br />
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Local facilities include a garage, shop, village hall, blacksmith, and school. The school serves East Saltoun and West Saltoun, as well as the wider parish, and as of 2008 the roll was 49.<ref>[http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/5554926%20Saltoun%20PS.html Saltoun Primary School inspection report]</ref><br />
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==Transport links==<br />
The B6355 road runs through East Saltoun, connecting it to [[Gifford, East Lothian|Gifford]] in the east, and [[Pencaitland]] in the northwest. A former branch railway line which linked East and West Saltoun to Gifford, Haddington and ultimately Edinburgh was closed to passengers in 1933 and is now a cycle path.<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/54697/details/saltoun+hall/ Canmore - Saltoun Hall site record]<br />
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==References==<br />
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